Sleeve construction



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Patented Apr. 27; 1920.

LOUIS SCHNEIDER, OF CLINTON, MISSOURI.

sLnEvE CONSTRUCTION.

' Specification of Letters Patent. 4

Patented la. 27,1920.

Application filed May 29, 1919. Serial No. 300,508.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Clinton, in the county of Henry and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleeve Construction, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention has for an object to provide an improved device forholding the sleeves of garments properly extended upon the arm of awearer. It is a particular aim to provide a device of this kind whichmay be attached to coats, overcoats, and the like, without requiringalterations in the garment, being useful upon ordinary coats to hold thesleeves extended when putting on an overcoat, as well as insuring properprotection to the wrists of the wearer in wintry weather. It is afurther aim to give a device of this kind which will not cause anunsightly distortion of the sleeve or present any obtrusive elementswhich would detract from the neat appearance of a garment.

Additional objects, advantages, and features of the invention reside inthe form, combination and relation of parts as hereinafter set forth andshown in the drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of the outer part of a sleeveupon which my invention is incorporated,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the attaching element,

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the pattern for the finger-loop.

There is illustrated a sleeve 10, which may be of any usual pattern andmake, and in the present instance represents the sleeve of a blouse orunder-coat, although the device is also adaptable to use upon thesleeves of overcoats and other garments. Secured upon the inner side ofthis sleeve, there is a pocket patch 11, substantially triangular inform, with its base parallel to the outer edge of the cuff of thesleeve, while its apex is presented inwardly at a point approximately inline with the thumb of the wearer, the triangle upon which the patternfor the patch is cut being approximately an equilateral one. The lateraledges 12 of the patch are stitched to the sleeve in a suitable manner,while the bottom or base edge 13 may be suitably hemmed. Medially of thepatch close to its base edge, there is formed a circular opening 14suitably hemmed, adapted to receive the thumb of a wearer of the garmentupon which the patch is secured. Also secured upon the lower edgeportion of the patch, there is a loop 15, of a suitable material whichmay be either engaged under the thumb, or between certain of the digitsof the hand in case the thumb is inserted through the opening 14.

The loop 15 is preferably formed from a rectangular strip of materialcut away on one side to form an intermediate narrow, portion 16, asshown in Fig. 3, with broadened base portions 17 enlarged in one di-.

rection from the line of the narrow portion 16.

upon the wrists, and if the thumb is inserted through the opening 14:,the sleeve will be held close down upon the upper side of the wrist.When the loop 15 is not required, it may be pressed upwardly into thespace between the patch 11 and the sleeve, which is in effect a pocket.The strap 16 is preferably of a length greater'than the distance betweenthe points at which the strap is attached to the pocket, and the patch11 is of sufiicient extent to allow the loop to be extended inwardly andlie in looped form substantially in the shape of the letter U, whenpressed into the pocket. In this form, the loop will not tend to fallout of the pocket, by reason of its resistance to compression.

It will be seen that the appliance is adapted to be constructed verycheaply, with a minimum of labor or expense in other ways, and isadapted to perform the functions for which it is designed in a satisfactory manner.

2. The combination with a sleeve of a pocket patch secured at its inneredge to form a pocket opening toward the outer end of the sleeve, saidpatch'having an opening r therein adjacent the outer edge for thereception of a finger of the wearer, and a loop element attached Withinthe pocket patch, adapted to be engaged over the finger of

